Author: LEED Blogger
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All Hands on the Roof Deck
Does your steel deck measure up to code?More…
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Playz Architects Use Shipping Containers to Construct a Shanghai Farm Hotel
Playz Architects have built a dramatically shaped office building/hotel lobby for Tony’s Farm, an organic food producer in Shanghai. The farm is the largest in Shanghai and promotes “healthy food, responsible lifestyle, and environmental harmony,” so of course the building had to be done to meet these standards and provide a sustainable, responsible place for…
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Glass Farm in The Netherlands is a Modern Take on Pre-Warm Farmhouses
This may look like a traditional Dutch farmhouse, but look closely and you’ll notice it is made of glass. It is a mixed-use retail building located in Schijndel, The Netherlands, created by Architect Winy Mass of MVRDV. After the destruction of the town square during WWII, Maas began campaigning to rebuild the area, presenting several…
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7 Bryant Park Aims to Offer LEED Gold Office Spaces in Manhattan
New York has just welcomed luxurious green office tower 7 Bryant Park to its streets, with Mayor Michael Bloomberg leading a groundbreaking ceremony on February 26. Designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, the building will cover 470,000 square feet of LEED Gold certified office space. Located on the corner of 40th Street and Sixth…
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Domestic Hot Water: A Better Option?
The supply of hot water — and the time in which it is delivered – makes an efficiently designed domestic hot water system paramount in a hospital. And that makes thermostatically controlled hot water flow control valves just what the doctors ord…